{"product_id":"researching-the-military-9781138927797","title":"Researching the Military","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eResearching the Military\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the experiences of researchers who study the military around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt explores the historical, social, institutional and personal factors that frame research and scrutinize the way knowledge in this area impacts society and policy. More than merely analyzing research experiences (yet necessarily including them), it is also about the experiences of researchers, their position with regard to the object of their studies, the institutional context where they work and the way their research impacts the academic and policy-making fields in the respective countries. The common theme to the various chapters is reflexivity, a conscious effort at addressing the conditions of research and the position of the researcher and the research participants in that interface. By collecting diverse experiences of researchers from across the world, this volume aims to enhance reflexivity in the field of military studies and to encourage the exchang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers and graduate students.\u003c\/strong\u003e'--\u003cem\u003eJ. Lembcke, College of the Holy Cross, CHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eHelena Carreiras, Celso Castro and Sabina Frederic \u003c\/i\u003e1. Reflexivity and the sociological study of the Military, \u003ci\u003eHelena Carreiras and Ana Caetano \u003c\/i\u003e2. What is worthy of study about the Military? The Sociology of Militaries-in-Use in current-day conflicts, \u003ci\u003eEyal Ben-Ari \u003c\/i\u003e3. Reflections on insider-outsider experiences of military research in South Africa, \u003ci\u003eLindy Heinecken \u003c\/i\u003e4. Bridging the gap between academic findings and operational military needs, \u003ci\u003eLjubica Jelušič, Janja Vuga Beršnak, Julija Jelušič Južnič \u003c\/i\u003e5. Researching military geographies, \u003ci\u003eRachel Woodward \u003c\/i\u003e6. Irregular Anthropology: researching for the Military, \u003ci\u003ePiero Leirner \u003c\/i\u003e7. Interviewing the Brazilian Military: reflections on a research experience, \u003ci\u003eCelso Castro \u003c\/i\u003e8. The effects of military service on women's life from the narrative perspective, \u003ci\u003eEdna Lomsky-Feder and Orna Sasson-Levy \u003c\/i\u003e9. Ethnography is a kind of flight. Experience-near methods in researching a-4b pilots of the Malvinas-Falklands war , \u003ci\u003eRosana Guber \u003c\/i\u003e10. An ethnographic research in the military field. Rethinking academic autonomy in the study of the exodus of junior military personnel in Argentina, \u003ci\u003eSabina Frederic \u003c\/i\u003e11. Immersion experiences within military organizations, \u003ci\u003eClaude Weber \u003c\/i\u003e12. The social scientist-soldier in action on the military field, \u003ci\u003eAlicia Paya y Pastor \u003c\/i\u003e13. An experience of ethnographic research with military families in the Brazilian amazon border, \u003ci\u003eCristina Rodrigues da Silva \u003c\/i\u003e14. Women researching the military. The researcher-researched relationship through a gender sensitive perspective, \u003ci\u003eTeresa Ammendola, Fatima Farina and Maria Grazia Galantino \u003c\/i\u003e15. Linked Lives in Military Sociology: Family, Research, Teaching, and Policy, \u003ci\u003eDavid R. Segal and Mady Wechsler Segal \u003c\/i\u003eConclusion, \u003ci\u003eHelena Carreiras, Celso Castro and Sabina Frederic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769076023639,"sku":"9781138927797","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138927797.jpg?v=1758719544","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/researching-the-military-9781138927797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}